David Lindmeir
Founder & Board President
David started his NetSuite journey during his first entrepreneurial venture, eWatches.com, in 2003.
At the time, he needed a way to connect the inventory on the eWatches.com website with the physical inventory in his warehouse and that of his vendors using EDI. In 2003, NetSuite (it was NetLedger at the time), was about the only option available that was both affordable for a startup and capable of making this happen. From 2003 to 2009, eWatches.com grew substantially and was ranked on the Inc 500 for both 2007 & 2008. This fantastic growth was enabled by NetSuite. He sold eWatches.com in 2009.
He used NetSuite again as the CTO of a Private Equity backed construction startup. Here he implemented NetSuite on multiple acquisitions and an internal startup. In four years, the company grew from almost no sales, to around $100 million, all being managed on NetSuite. It was at this time that NetSuite invited David to sit on their Customer Advisory Board (CAB) for Manufacturing and Distribution.
In 2019, David joined a small, but growing Toronto based NetSuite consulting firm as their US Director and later VP of Professional Services. In four years, he provided oversight to over 45 full NetSuite implementations and built a strong US focused, but global NetSuite consulting team that has a reputation for competence and client satisfaction. David started Foretopia in the summer of 2023 with the intention of helping businesses achieve their full potential on the NetSuite platform.
David has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in Economics from BYU.
Colin Boothe
Founder & Board Secretary
Colin is the Managing Partner at Esonus which is a NetSuite focused development and integration services company.
He has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the U of U, but quickly decided after graduating that he wanted to code. He has nine years of development experience and seven years experience developing on the NetSuite.Through Esonus he has worked on complex development and integration projects for companies like purple.com, pitviper.com, avidxchange.com, hydrafacial.com. He has led multiple integrations ranging from manufacture engineering to complex drop ship integrations for large scale ecommerce companies. In addition, he has led SuiteApp product design and execution for multiple SuiteApp providers. Today, he focuses on solutions engineering and applying industry best practices with business stakeholders for technical projects.
Stuart L. Tholen
Board Treasurer
Stuart has over 35 years of experience in tax and audit with an emphasis in IT consulting.
For the past 25 years, Stuart focused his efforts on building a successful technology consulting department to resale, consult and customize business solutions. He is recognized as an industry expert in ERP and CRM solutions and has presented at numerous conferences and industry events. He has assisted in the selection, implementation, and consultation of hundreds of ERP systems for a variety of mid-market businesses. Stuart’s business leadership responsibilities have included being the managing partner of Schmitt, Griffiths, Smith & Co., and director of Business Applications for Eide Bailly LLP. He is a former CPA and CITP certified.
Stuart Retired from Eide Bailly in 2023 so that he could be a UtahNSUG board member
Events Calendar
October Meeting
When: Thursday, October 24th, 2024, 12-2pm
Where: The Mill @SLCC 9690 South 300 W Sandy, UT 84070
Register Here: https://forms.gle/w7pQCb3vRjnLNoig7
Meeting Sponsor: BREX
Lunch Provided By: AvidXchange
This will be an in-person meeting and lunch will be provided. The agenda:
11:30 AM Welcome, Munch & Network- Lunch provided by AvidXchange
11:45 – Sponsor Presentation: Brex
12:00 –Users & Dashboard – Useful NetSuite Dashboards & Dashboard creation for you and your company
12:45 – NetSuite Quiz for a Ruth’s Chris $100 gift card
1:00 – BYOQ – Bring Your Own Question and get help from experts and peers in the room.
1:30 – That’s a wrap!
December Meeting
When: Thursday, December 12th, 2024
Come celebrate the Holidays with fellow NetSuite users. This will be an in-person meeting with food, networking and great information. More details to follow, but put us on your calendars.
*Announcement* OPEN BOARD POSITIONS. We have two open board positions that we would like to fill from the user community. Please let us know if you are interested in participating. We meet by phone one time per month and at the quarterly face to face group meetings.